WP 2FA with Telegram <= 3.0 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass

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CVE CVE-2024-9820
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 14, 2024
Last Updated October 15, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The WP 2FA with Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Two-Factor Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the two-factor code being stored in a cookie, which makes it possible to bypass two-factor authentication.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug two-factor-login-telegram (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.1
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